Title: Getting errors on backup
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Getting errors on backup

 *  Resolved [joshuaiz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joshuaiz/)
 * (@joshuaiz)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-errors-on-backup/)
 * Hello,
 * I’ve been backing up for over a month without issue but now getting the following
   errors:
 *     ```
       [WARNING] stat() [function.stat]: stat failed for /home/eatwell/fungrazing.com/wordpress/wp-content/cache/object/000000/ea0/772/8f4/ea07728f4d4a1ef5034167ace1d92d6f.php
       2013/02/26 03:02.24: 11799 files with 191.71 MB to backup
       2013/02/26 03:02.24: 1. try to create backup zip (PclZip) archive...
       2013/02/26 03:02.25: [ERROR] Zip archive create error: PCLZIP_ERR_INVALID_ATTRIBUTE_VALUE (-20) : Invalid type NULL. Integer expected for attribute 'PCLZIP_ATT_FILE_MTIME'
       2013/02/26 03:02.25: [WARNING] filesize() [function.filesize]: stat failed for /home/eatwell/_wpbackup/backwpup_1_2013-02-26_03-00-26.zip
       ```
   
 * How can I fix and resume normal backups?
 * Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/)

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 *  [lisboa25](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lisboa25/)
 * (@lisboa25)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-errors-on-backup/#post-3507576)
 * Try changing the settings to tar instead.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * (@danielhuesken)
 * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-errors-on-backup/#post-3507584)
 * Exclude the cahce folder.

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 * Last reply from: [Daniel Hüsken](https://wordpress.org/support/users/danielhuesken/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/getting-errors-on-backup/#post-3507584)
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